Through the Finance Concentration, students acquire knowledge about how firms make financial decisions and how these decisions affect individual organizations and society as a whole. Students also learn how firms acquire and allocate funds, how financial markets operate, and the role these markets play in economic welfare. The study of finance includes the use of models to develop analytical approaches to problems. Students are trained to take positions in financial institutions such as commercial and investment banks, in finance departments of major corporations, or with consulting firms.

Requirements

Twenty credits in 300 and 400-level finance courses are required to complete the Finance Concentration, including three required courses and one elective course (five credits each).

Prerequisites

Business Finance - BBUS 350 is a prerequisite for all of the required 400-level finance courses.

Required Courses

BBUS 451 - Financial Policy and Planning

BBUS 453 - Financial Institutions and Markets

BBUS 454 - Investments

Elective Courses

Minimum of one required.

BBUS 361 - Intermediate Accounting I

BBUS 373 - Cost Accounting

BBUS 455 - Futures & Options

BBUS 456 – Entrepreneurial Finance

BBUS 459 - Special Topics in Finance

BBUS 465 - Applied Financial Accounting

BBUS 490 - Special Topics in Business (when approved for concentration)